JUAN MONACO RUMORS & GOSSIP

MONACO (AP) Stan Wawrinka's title defense at the Monte Carlo Masters got off to a solid start Wednesday with 6-1, 6-4 win over Juan Monaco in the second round.
The seventh-seeded Swiss, who won his maiden Masters tournament last year at the Country Club, won 15 of the first 20 points and broke twice to build a 5-1 lead before serving out the first set at love.
After conceding only...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Rafael Nadal won his first title in nearly nine months Sunday after defeating Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-1 at the Argentina Open.
The top-seeded Spaniard hadn't reached a final since winning at Roland Garros last year.
It was Nadal's 46th title on clay, moving him within three of the record set by Argentine Guillermo Vilas when he played in the 1970s and early...

SHENZHEN, China -- Second-seeded Andy Murray rallied from a set down to beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Saturday and reach the final of the Shenzhen Open.
From 3-3 in the second set, Murray won nine straight games to beat Monaco in 1 hour, 42 minutes and set up a meeting with fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain in Sunday's final.
Robredo overpowered sixth-seeded Santiago...

If you could only have 1 meal for the rest of your life, what would it be and you can’t just say, "MEAT!" (laughter)Rib-eye, of course!
What is one thing you would change about yourself?I’m not patient, so be more patient.
How happy would you rate yourself on a scale from 1-10?Now?
Right now.10! I’m happy, I’m lucky to have this kind of life.

If you bet that Ernest Gulbis would be the first to smash his racquet at the Australian Open, then congrats, you watch enough tennis to know that it was bound to happen. The often wild Gulbis had a volley shot during the second set of Monday’s opening round of the Australian Open that sailed on him and gave his opponent, Juan Monaco, a break point. Gulbis then smashed his racquet...

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